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Dexcom on iPhone: iAPS uploader

Connect an already working iAPS uploader to your Nightscout Pro site. Sensor model and region must also be supported by the app.

Upload iAPS to Nightscout Pro

Use this guide for an already working iAPS installation. The old Dexcom/Libre route choices identify the user’s source; they do not guarantee iAPS compatibility with every sensor or region.

Connect

  1. Copy your complete Nightscout HTTPS URL and API Secret from Pro Site Settings.
  2. Open iAPS Settings → Services → Nightscout.
  3. Enter the HTTPS URL and API Secret in their separate fields.
  4. Enable Allow uploads so iAPS can send its available data, predictions and settings.
  5. Compare a new glucose reading and an existing expected treatment in Nightscout. Check uploaded profile/status timestamps separately.

Do not paste the account-portal URL, Pro password or xDrip-specific /api/v1/ Base URL into iAPS.

If connection fails

Copy the exact error. Test whether the same site opens over HTTPS in a browser, verify the complete hostname and check the API Secret. TLS/certificate/host errors can have network or server causes; they are not always caused by a typo or special character. Do not disable secure connections.

If the same failure persists, provide support the app/version, last working time and completed checks. Do not activate an override to refresh a profile, reinstall your APS or alter therapy settings as a generic connection fix.

The upstream iAPS documentation describes itself as incomplete; use its community for app-specific configuration beyond this Nightscout connection.

iAPS Nightscout setup.

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Check your setup

Check whether your site has a current glucose reading, then confirm the rest of your guide separately.

Sign in to your Pro account to check your own site. This check does not change your connection.

We record the reading check and your confirmation separately. The report does not save glucose values, your site name or your account details.